I have never been more shook by a Movie/TV show as I was by “When They See Us”. For that reason… I cannot understand how Trump, who took out a full page ad calling for the death penalty BEFORE they went to trail, can still believe those boys were guilty.
There will be the “they didn’t have to do the actual rape and yet still could have been involved with the assault” and “Who cares if the actual rapist said he worked alone- he’s a crook and a murderer…you can’t believe a word he says (while simultaneously believing the confessions of the five kids they think ARE crooks themselves)” crowd here shortly.
I don’t have to watch the Netflix series (although I will).
I lived in the NYC area when this went down. The attack was horrific and the populace was pissed. Someone was GOING to go down for that crime…it happened to be these five people.
(Although an equally brutal assault on a young black girl in Brooklyn, I believe, that happened about the same time went completely unreported).
Oh they did admit their guilt… and that was the basis for the original conviction even though the evidence was deeply flawed – including serious contradictions between the confessions. But these were teenagers who were tricked into confessions by police holding them under questionable circumstances.
Where are all the conservatives who are so concerned about government overreach and out of control law enforcement on this one. If you can get upset because a senior Marine General was not reminded by the FBI that he should not lie to them (as if a Marine General needs to told to maintain his honor) where is the outrage here?
Look at the history of the case, please. Just as conservatives are coming to believe the criminal justice system is stacked with people who do not treat conservatives fairly, there is a widespread belief among African-Americans that they are not treated fairly in the criminal justice system as well. Conservatives could build on this shared recognition of oppression to build bridges… but they would have to see it as a SHARED experience.